Don't know where you live, wrenchman, but it happens all the time where I hunt, and is just one of the many reasons I gave up deer hunting.
Went out after squirrels this weekend on the Lapeer SGA....found that one of the parking areas is now a 'dumping ground' for the locals......deer carcasses everywhere, and the smell is nauseating! I find carcasses all the time up there in the ditches....some with just the backstraps cut out, some with just the antlers and/or heads removed....none of the meat taken. Complained to the DNR, but got the standard "What do you want us to do about it?" response.
Time to move to another state..............
